Corset



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' M. VON HALLE CORSET Filed Aug. l0. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mvemtozHAMESSJIL ug. M, 1923.

M. VON HALLE CORSET Filed Aug. lO, 1922 2 Sheats-Sheet 2 l Patented Ang,le, i923.

naar erase narrar MULLARD VON' HALLE, GF PMSADIFS PARK, NEW JERSEY,SIGNUR T0 THE STNIDD CORSETCOMPANY, @F NEW Yl, lil'. Y., .d CUEPOFIATION0F MASSA- CRSET,

application niet nagaat le, met. Serial Eto. senese.

To all lwhom t may concern:

Be it known that l, Mmmm) VON Hanna, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Palisades Park, in the county of Bergen e and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in locorsets and particularly tothat type of stays commonly lmown as a reducing corset. lts main objectis to provide a corset that will, in addition to the usual functions ofsuch an article of apparel, serve as an abdominal support and reducer.

The invention is concretely embodied in the accompanyin drawing in whichFigure 1 is a pan View of the body parts of a corset, fastened or hookedtogether at the front but with the back of the corset unu laced or open,showing one form of the reducing and supportin means; and

Figure 2 is a View similar to that ofA Figure 1, with parts broken away,showing another form of the reducing and supporting means.

1 indicates the usual body` parts of a backlace corset having verticaland horizontal inserts of resilient material 2 that are common incorsets of this type. 3 are the usual hook-and-stud and hook-and-eyefasteners for closin the front of the corset and are attached, 1n theusual manner, to the front steels, bones, or other sti'ening material d-of the corset. 5 indicates the supporting and reducing means whichconsists of two members 5a each of which are permanently secured, alongone side or edge 6, to the body parts 1 of the corset, one on each sideof and 40 adjacent to the front center or opening 9 of the corset.

The members 5 of the supporting and reducing means each comprise twostrips of resilient material 7'? and 7 b which are arranged in obliquerelation to each other so that they overlap and as here shown one ofthese strips is longer than the other and,

v the extent of the overlapping is greater at j one end of thesupporting member 5a than at the other and gradually decreasing 'as theother end is approached.

The oblique arrangement of the strips 7 and 7b causes the support tolift, and support in elevated position, the abdomen of the wearer andthe overlappin of the strips gives to the support consi erable strengthso that there is a flattening of any superuous desh on that part of thebody of the wearer without undue restriction or pres sure.

@ne end of each of the two strips comprising each of the members 5** ispermanently secured to the body of the corset, as at t3, and the otherends of said two strips are joined or fastened together, in fixedrelation to each other and independently of the body of the corset. Ashere shown, these joined ends of the strips form a straight edge 8 alongone side of the member 5a of the supportin and reducing means.

To t e free ends of the members 5a there are attached fastening andadjusting means 10 that may be in any of the usual forms, such as abuckle and strap or loop, hoolr and eye, etc., etc.

ln the arrangement shown in Figure l, the members 5*1 of the supportingand reducing means 5 are fastened together by the fastening andadjusting means 10 but without tension such as would be exerted uponthem when the corset is in position on the body of the wearer and areeach permanently secured to the corset, one on either side of the frontcenter or opening at the end or edge of said member of greatest width,6, the free ends or edges 8 of said members being disposed toward thefront center or opening of the corset in opposed relation to each other.ln this form of the invention in each of the members 5av the straightedge 8 along one end of said member is in oblique relation to the lineof attachment to the body of the corset of the other end 6 and thestrip- 'Za is of greater length than the strip 7b.

As shown in this figure, the fastening and adjusting means 10 comprisestwo members 1()a each consisting of a strip of dexible material 10efolded or bent back upon itself as at 1()d so that the superimposed part1.0b will overlap, in oblique and fixed relation thereto, the under part10. 'llhe greatest extent of the overlap is at the line of bend 10 anddecreases as the ends of the strips 10, which are permanently secured tothe edges 8 of the members 5E of the supporting andv reducing means, areapproached, the

members l()a being so disposed that the sides or edges 10", formed bythe folding .back upon itself of the strips 10e, are toward the frontcenter of the corset and opposed to each other; and the degree ofobliquity of each of the top edges 10 of the members l()a of thefastening means is such that, if such edge of one of the members 10 wereextended in a continuous straight line across the member 5a to whichthat particular member 10a is attached, such line would be substantiallyparallel with the top edge 5b of said member 5; and the degree of obliuity of the bottom edge 10 of the left hand (as viewed in the drawing)member 10"L of said fastening means 10 is such that if extended in acontinuous straight line across the left hand member 5a such line wouldcross the bottom edge 5b of said member 52t not far from the edge 8 ofsaid member while the bottom edge 10t of the right hand member 10awould, if extended in a continuous straight line across the right handmember 5a, cross the bottom edge 5b thereof at a point a short distanceto the right of the center of said. edge 5". This arrangement makesdistort1on of the pull or strain upon the supporting and reducmg meansimpossible In one of the members 10ftl there are one or more aperturessuch as eyelet holes, centrally disposed 0f the width of said member,for engagement with a hook carried by and centrally disposed of thewidth of the other member 10 for fastening the two members 1()atogether. There being more than one Such apertures for engagement withthe hook or other su1table means, adjustment to the size and form of thewearer is possible, that member 10CL having the apertures for engagementwith the hook being of greater length than the other member to admit ofsuch adjustment.

The members 10a may, of course, each consist of two pieces of flexiblematerial joined or fastened together at the point 10d instead of beingfolded over as here shown.

In Figure 2, the members 5 of the supporting and reducing means 5 are sosecured to the corset that the side or edge 6 of each is close to thefront centeror opening of the corset 9 in opposed relation to each otherand in oblique relation to avertical line drawn through the front centerof the corset with the free ends or edges 8 of each member 5l toward theside of the corset and away from the front center thereof. This form ofthe invention is not specifically claimed in this application but formsthe subject matter of the application. Ser. No. 569,343, filed June 19,1922.

The fastening and adjusting means here shown applied to the edge 8 is ofthe strap and buckle variety, a buckle 12 being attached to the edge 8,midway between the' top and bottom thereof, by means of a loop 13, and astrap 14 for engagement with buckle 12 being attached to the body of thecorset at a point in the same horizontal plane as that of the buckle.

After the corset has been, in the usual manner, placed in position onthe body of the wearer, a pull u on the adjusting and fastening meanswillJ exert and sustain a pull or strain upon the supporting and ref,ducmg means 5 that will tend t0 lift and support the abdomen of thewearer and flatten circumferentially any superfluous flesh on that partof the body of the wearer thus distributing it more evenly and therebyimproving the appearance.

A reinforcing strip of any suitable material may be applied to the outeredges 8 of the members 5, if desired.

My invention may, of course, be applied to a front or side-laced corsetas well as to the style herein shown.

I claim:

1. A corset comprising the usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaist line of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer comprising: two members, one of which is located on oneside of and adjacent to the front center or opening of the corset andthe other of which is located directly opposite on the other-side of andadjacent to the front center or opening of the corset, each of thesemembers consisting of two strips of resilient material arranged inoblique and overlapped relation to each other and each of these twostrips being permanently secured at one end to the corset and at theother end joined or fastened together in fixed relation to each otherindependently of the corset, each member of the supporting and reducingmeans being provided at its free end with means for fastening and foradjusting the supporting and reducing member to the size and form of thewearer.

2. A corset comprising the usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaistline of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer, comprising: two members, one of which is located on oneside of and adjacent to the front center or opening of the corset andthe other of which is located directly opposite on the other side of andadjacent to the front center or opening of the corset. each of thesemembers consisting of two strips of resilient material, one strip beinglonger than the other, arranged in oblique and overlapped relation toeach other and each of these two strips being permanently secured at oneend to the corset and at the other end joined or recalca fastenedtogether in fixed relation to each other independently of the corset,each member of the supporting and reducing means being provided at itsfree end with means for fastening and for adjusting the supporting andreducing member to the size and form of the wearer.

3. A corset comprising the usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaist line of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer comprising: two members, one of which is located on oneside of and adjacent to the -front center or opening of the corset andthe other of which is located directly opposite on the other side of andadjacent to the front center or opening of the corset, each of thesemembers consisting of two strips of resilient material arranged inoblique and overlapped relation to each other, the extent of theoverlapping being greatest at one end of each of said members, and eachof these two strips being permanently secured at one end to the corsetand at the other end joined or fastened together in fixed relation toeach other independently of the body of the corset, each member of thesupporting and reducing means being provided at its free end with meansfor fastening and for adjusting the' supporting and reducing members tothe size and form of the wearer.

4. A corset comprising the4 usual body parts having suitable means forlacing and fastening these parts together `around the body of the wearerand having permanently secured thereto, at a suitable point below thewaist line of the corset, means for supporting and reducing the abdomenof the wearer comprising: two members, one vof which is located on oneside of and adjacent to the front center or opening of the corset andthe other of which is located directly opposite on the other side of andadjacent to the front'center or opening of the corset, each of thesemembers consisting of two strips of resilient material arranged inoblique and overlapped relation to each other and each of these twostrips being permanently secured at one end to the corset and at theother end joined or fastened together in fixed relation to each otherindependently of thebody of the corset, the extent of the overlap beinggreatest at the free end of each member and gradually decreasing as theend permanently secured to the corset is approached and each member ofthe supporting and reducing means being provided at its free end withmeans for fastening and for adjusting the supporting and reducing meansto the size and form of the wearer.

5. A corset comprising the usual body parts" having permanently securedthereto,

at a suitable point below the waist line of the corset, means forsupporting and reducing the abdomen of the wearer comprising: Twomembers, each permanently secured at one end to the body of the corset,one on each side offend ad'acent to the front center or opening thereothe other end of said member being tree and each of said membersconsisting of two strips of resilient maj teria-l in overlapped andoblique relation to each other, the lower strip being longer than theupper, and the extent of the over-lapping being greatest at the freeends of said strips where they are fastened or joined together in fixedrelation to each other to :form an edge that is oblique to the line'along which the other ends of said members are permanently attached tothe corset, the two members ot the supporting and reducing means beingso arranged that their free ends are disposed toward the front center oropening of the corset in opposed relation to each other, said free endsbeing provided with fastening and adjustin means.

6. A corset .comprising the usual body parts having permanently securedthereto, at a suitable point-below the waist line of the corset, meansfor supporting and reducing the abdomen of the wearer, comprising: twomembers, each permanently secured at one end to the body of the corset,one on each side of and adjacent to the front center or opening thereof,the other end of said members being tree and each of said membersconsisting of two strips of resilient material in overlapped and obliquerelation to each other, the lower strip being longer than the upper, andthe extent of the overlapping being greatest at the free ends of saidstrips where they are fastened or joined together in fixed relation toeach other to form an edge that is oblique to the line along which theother ends of said members are permanently attached to the corset. thetwo members of the supporting and reducing means being so arranged thattheir free ends are disposed toward the front center or opening of thecorset in opposed relation to each other. said free ends being providedwith fastening and adjusting means. and fastening means attached to thefree ends of the two members of the supporting and reducing means,comprising: two members each consisting of a strip of flexible materialfolded or bent back upon itself, the superimposed part of said stripoverlapping. in oblique and fixed relation thereto. the under part ofsaid strip and the two ends of one said strip being permanently securedto one member and the two ends of the other said strip being permanentlysecured to the other member of said supporting and reducing means insuch manner that the sides or edges of both members of said fasteningand adjusting means formed at the line of bend of said strips aredisposed toward the center of the orset in opposed relation to eachother and independently of the body of the corset and. of the reducingYand supporting means, one member of the fastening and adjusting meansbeing provided with one or more apertures for the reception of a hookcarried by the other member of said fastening and adjusting means forfastening the mem- 10 bers of the supporting and reducing means togetherand adjusting said means to the form of the wearer, the member providedwith apertures being of greater length than the member carrying thehooks to admit of such adjustment.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 29 day of July, 1922.

MILLABD VON HALLE.

